The University of Southern California, where he was an emeritus professor, called him the “father of happiness economics” in announcing his death. Mr. Easterlin died at 98 on Dec. 16 at his ...

In an excerpt from The End of Growth: Adapting to Our New Economic Reality, Richard Heinberg argues it’s time to start paying more attention to national happiness instead.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Richard Easterlin died in December at the age of 98. He’s been called “the father of happiness economics ...

How our (un)happiness can be used for cost-benefit analysis This new ... He is also a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and at the Wellbeing Research Centre, University ...

A study from earlier this year found that financial happiness starts at $85,000 a ... based one is the natural next step in our country's economic journey. The data backs it up.

The Economics of Happiness' features a chorus of voices from six continents calling for systemic economic change. The documentary describes a world moving simultaneously in two opposing directions.